mdwref.dtx: Build the table the old-fashioned way.

It's going to become impractical to do this.  Besides, the machinery was
only used for the documentation (which is rather nasty) and doesn't work
well in other circumstances.

diff --git a/mdwref.dtx b/mdwref.dtx
index 66c2d07bbb83775d3fb92250e4c3fef2d26ab9d2..fe386b09f46da204a585cc41600c2d0fc1c8c534 100644 (file)
--- a/mdwref.dtx
+++ b/mdwref.dtx
@@ -124,10 +124,21 @@
 % A number of useful prefixes are already defined, following my usual
 % preferences; they're shown in \xref{tab:defs}.
 % \begin{table}
 % A number of useful prefixes are already defined, following my usual
 % preferences; they're shown in \xref{tab:defs}.
 % \begin{table}

-%   \def\i#1#2{\texttt{#1}&\texttt{#2}\\}

 %   \begin{tabular}[C]{ll} \hlx*{hv}
 %   \textbf{Prefix} & \textbf{Text} \\ \hlx{vhv}
 %   \begin{tabular}[C]{ll} \hlx*{hv}
 %   \textbf{Prefix} & \textbf{Text} \\ \hlx{vhv}

-%   \csname xref@defs\endcsname
+%     \texttt{ch}       & chapter $n$                                   \\
+%     \texttt{app}      & appendix $n$                                  \\
+%     \texttt{sec}      & section $n$                                   \\
+%     \texttt{def}      & definition $n$                                \\
+%     \texttt{th}       & theorem $n$                                   \\
+%     \texttt{lem}      & lemma $n$                                     \\
+%     \texttt{prop}     & proposition $n$                               \\
+%     \texttt{cor}      & corollary $n$                                 \\
+%     \texttt{fig}      & figure $n$                                    \\
+%     \texttt{tab}      & table $n$                                     \\
+%     \texttt{eq}       & equation $n$                                  \\
+%     \texttt{i}        & item $n$                                      \\
+%     \texttt{ex}       & exercise $n$                                  \\

 %   \hlx*{vh}\end{tabular}
 %   \caption{Predefined reference prefixes}
 %   \label{tab:defs}
 %   \hlx*{vh}\end{tabular}
 %   \caption{Predefined reference prefixes}
 %   \label{tab:defs}


@@ -147,19 +158,12 @@
 %
 % \begin{macro}{\defxref}
 % Defining prefixes is easy.  We store the text for each prefix in a macro
 %
 % \begin{macro}{\defxref}
 % Defining prefixes is easy.  We store the text for each prefix in a macro

-% called \syntax{"\\xref$"<prefix>}.  The only catch is that, for the
-% purposes of generating \xref{tab:defs}, we maintain a list of the prefixes
-% which have been defined so far, but this is fairly easy.
+% called \syntax{"\\xref$"<prefix>}.

 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\defxref#1#2{%
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\defxref#1#2{%

-  \toks@\expandafter{\xref@defs\i{#1}{#2}}\xdef\xref@defs{\the\toks@}%

   \expandafter\def\csname xref$#1\endcsname{#2}%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}
   \expandafter\def\csname xref$#1\endcsname{#2}%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}

-% The list is obviously empty initially.
-%    \begin{macrocode}
-\gdef\xref@defs{}
-%    \end{macrocode}

 % \end{macro}
 %
 % \begin{macro}{\formatxref}
 % \end{macro}
 %
 % \begin{macro}{\formatxref}